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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 63980, member: 3011&quot;]I suppose the whole cleaning argument applies more to uncirculated coins.&nbsp; Cleaning an uncirculated coin makes no sense.&nbsp; If it really really needs cleaning, then it probably has been through too much to be considered uncirculated anymore.&nbsp; Removing toning I would agree is always and everywhere a bad idea with an uncirculated coin.&nbsp; But with a circulated dirty coin, I&#039;m not so sure.&nbsp; If you put a dirty coin in your pocket and some of the dirt rubs off due to contact with the cloth, has it been cleaned?&nbsp; What if you pull it out of a pocket with a gloved hand in the winter?&nbsp; The slight rubbing is basically a gentle cleaning.&nbsp; Maybe every coin ever put into somebody&#039;s pocket [or rubbed between two fingers] has been cleaned by the strict definition of cleaning because some amount of dirt has been removed either intentionally or by accident, no matter how small the amount.&nbsp; So there is no such thing as an uncleaned circulated coin if you carry it to the extreme.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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